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After releasing the story on Dreamwidth in 2022, [[Scott Sanford]] appended some commentary to the story: | After releasing the story on Dreamwidth in 2022, [[Scott Sanford]] appended some commentary to the story: | ||
{{quotebox|1=Happy Valentine's Day! Who better than Jenny Everywhere to give you advice on your love life? Pretty much anyone, apparently. | {{quotebox|1=Happy Valentine's Day! Who better than Jenny Everywhere to give you advice on your love life? Pretty much anyone, apparently. | ||
“''…the lost heir to the Lizard Kingdoms…''” | “''…the lost heir to the Lizard Kingdoms…''” | ||
<br>What? Okay, I get it that this was a problem but Lizard Kingdoms? Mole People? Jenny, what did you get yourself into this time? | |||
What? Okay, I get it that this was a problem but Lizard Kingdoms? Mole People? Jenny, what did you get yourself into this time? | |||
“''Later on, look up a thing called the secretary problem.''” | “''Later on, look up a thing called the secretary problem.''” | ||
<br>Kim over-simplifies the situation but Eric’s smart enough to see that. | |||
Kim over-simplifies the situation but Eric’s smart enough to see that. | |||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_problem | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_problem | ||
“''…some women are happy to stay up late perusing a map of Tasmania…''” | “''…some women are happy to stay up late perusing a map of Tasmania…''” | ||
<br>It seems Kim listens to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-GQ63NStxk Amanda Palmer songs]. She also uses an [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnusualEuphemism unusual euphemism] which hopefully flew by without being understood. | |||
It seems Kim listens to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-GQ63NStxk Amanda Palmer songs]. She also uses an [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnusualEuphemism unusual euphemism] which hopefully flew by without being understood. | |||
“''…remember that European reporter kid?''” | “''…remember that European reporter kid?''” | ||
<br>Oh, yeah, [[Tintin|him]]. For some reason it strikes me as hilarious to imagine Jenny Everywhere hitting on the Belgian kid with the goofy cowlick and getting nowhere. I envision her as getting progressively less subtle about her interests and him remaining clueless… I’d never be able to write it, but I like that I’m able to slip this in as a thing that happened to her already.|2=Scott Sanford}} | |||
Oh, yeah, [[Tintin|him]]. For some reason it strikes me as hilarious to imagine Jenny Everywhere hitting on the Belgian kid with the goofy cowlick and getting nowhere. I envision her as getting progressively less subtle about her interests and him remaining clueless… I’d never be able to write it, but I like that I’m able to slip this in as a thing that happened to her already.|2=Scott Sanford}} | |||
===Read online=== | ===Read online=== | ||
